Saxony
Refugee Council outraged: Pakistani visits health department and is deported
The deportation of a Pakistani from Saxony is heavily criticized by the refugee council (symbol image)
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A sick Pakistani in Saxony had an appointment with the health department. But then he was surprised by the police and deported. The refugee council speaks of “scandal” and “perversion”.
The Saxon Refugee Council has criticized the deportation practice of the state government. A Pakistani who has been living in Saxony since 2015 was surprised by the police when he visited the Hoyerswerda health department and was deported to his home country, the refugee council said in Dresden on Thursday. The man is said to have submitted an application for a chance stay in January. However, he did not receive any notification or any other response.
Refugee Council Saxony speaks of “perversion”
The Refugee Council complained that the procedure disregarded the guideline on deportation practice of the state government. Trust in the authorities in Saxony will be lost. The Free State is also continuing to thwart the transformation of the immigration authorities demanded by the federal government into welcoming authorities. “There is fear and outrage in the local community accommodation where the asylum seeker last lived,” said SPD MP Frank Richter. People are now afraid to go to the health department.
The man is said to have neither been a criminal nor opposed integration. In February he even achieved a B1 certificate in the German language. He is also said to have volunteered to take in Ukrainian refugees in Hoyerswerda. Since he had been living in Germany since 2015, he had applied for an opportunity to stay, as it was said.
“If authorities that are supposed to ensure people’s health serve as a cog in the wheelwork of the deportation offensive, this is a scandal and a perversion of their actual tasks,” criticized Dave Schmidtke from the Saxon Refugee Council. In extreme cases, this would mean that from now on fewer people would visit medical staff even though they urgently needed treatment.